Women In Society 1920s

Question 1

Before the war, what were women expected to do?

Answer 1

behave modestly
wear long dresses
be accompanied by a chaperone

Question 2

What were women not allowed to do?

Answer 2

wear makeup
take part in sport
smoke in public
vote

Question 3

What did women work as before the war?

Answer 3

servants
housewives
secretaries
nurses
cleaning

Question 4

What happened during the war?

Answer 4

• taken into war industries
• experienced skilled factory work
• replaced men who gone to fight in war

Question 5

How did they get the vote?

Answer 5

• fought for decades

- contributed so much to war effort, difficult to refuse their demand for political equality

Question 6

What was the 19th Amendment?

Answer 6

In 1920, it gave women the right to vote

Question 7

How many women were working?

Answer 7

an increase of 25%

by 1929, 10.6 million were working

Question 8

What were the new styles of behaviour?

Answer 8

• smoking in public
• drove cars
• took part in sport
• wore daring clothes
• wore makeup
• drank with men
• kissed in public
• no chaperone

Question 9

What was the flapper?

Answer 9

• the new styles of behaviour summed up in this image

- hollywood films characterised them, behaviour and fashion imitated by millions worldwide

Question 10

What was the ideal flapper?

Answer 10

• a woman who wore short dresses and makeup and smoked in public
• expensive and about 19

Question 11

Why was there a rebellion?

Answer 11

young women rebelled against old fashioned clothes in their mothers era